Do lasers really work?

[toothartist]

Kelly, those composites on #22-27 looked really great. You said they took you about 4 hours to do…layering with EsthetX. Great work!

What did you charge for your time and expertise? I would have to say a fair fee would be about &#36300-&#36400 per tooth at a minimum to justify all this chair time. I love what we are capable of doing but we must charge appropriately for our expertise,time and equipment. I’d be interested to know how you handled the fees that saved the patient crowns for now.

Michael

[kellyjblodgettdmd]

Thanks, Michael. I believe that I charge her about &#36350/tooth. I can’t recall since it’s been a couple months. This patient happens to be only 14 years old. I did explain to her mother that her she will likely need crowns/veneers on all of these teeth in roughly 10 years. I was happy with how they turned out, but I don’t fool myself into thinking that they will last too long. If she gets 5-10 years out of these, I would be very happy. Time will tell.

I will also say that since I got out of the “insurance loop”, meaning that I am no longer submitting my fees to any insurance companies, I am charging whatever is fair to both me and the patient. That has made charging the appropriate fee much easier.

Thanks for the nice words!

Kelly

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